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4w ago

SPD Leader Backs Potential AfD Ban as Coalition Tensions Rise

Lars Klingbeil calls for exploring a ban if the AfD’s extremist classification is confirmed, clashing with CDU opposition.

Lars Klingbeil, Bundesminister der Finanzen, Vizekanzler und SPD-Bundesvorsitzender, spricht beim Landesparteitag der SPD Niedersachsen in der Lindenhalle. Auf der Tagesordnung steht unter anderem die Wahl von einem neuen Landesvorstand.
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Overview

  • SPD leader Lars Klingbeil expressed support for initiating a ban on the AfD if the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution confirms its extremist classification.
  • The AfD’s classification as a 'proven right-wing extremist organization' was suspended by the Verwaltungsgericht Köln following a legal challenge by the party.
  • Klingbeil criticized CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann for rejecting a potential ban, stating that such a stance is unacceptable to the SPD.
  • The CDU advocates confronting the AfD through policy debates rather than pursuing legal measures to ban the party.
  • Germany’s legal framework requires evidence of active anti-democratic aims to justify banning a political party, a high bar that has historically delayed such actions.